Curacao - Peeling Back the Onion - October 2011

They say the third time's the charm. I think that is certainly true of this year's images taken in Curacao. I was able to peel back the onion I think in a new, and more mature way than I've been able to in the past two years. Perhaps that's because it WAS the third time there, perhaps I'd shot the more in-my-face stuff, and just needed to look at things in a new and fresh way.

Very few digital shenanigans, but that's not to say there's none. If it worked and felt right, I did it.

Once again, I layed on the beach for the most part. Only a couple of solo outings for shoots. And DAY-um was it friggin hot. Which meant I went where I felt, quickly did my thing, and hightailed it back to the breezy cabana beach at the Avila!

The images are a mix from a couple of neighborhoods in Willemstaad -- Punda and Otrabanda. But the back streets. Places certainly most visitors will never go. The one special location was Sint Michiel. As always, I looked at the map, and feeeeeeelt it. And was presented with the St. Michiel Bay Inn, an abandoned tourist resort. Deeeluxe!

I am especially happy with this collection of images. They are different, a bit more evolved somehow, yet me.

Presented with the usual skew, please enjoy the collection from Curacao 2011.